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Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Brawley v. Catron 35 Va. 522 1837 1 Virginia
Janey v. Blake's Adm'r 35 Va. 88 1837 1 Virginia
Woodsides v. State 3 Miss. 655 1837 1 Mississippi
Douglass v. Fagg 35 Va. 588 1837 1 Virginia
Hutchcraft's Administrator v. Tilford 35 Ky. 353 1837 1 Kentucky
Clark v. Banner 21 N.C. 608 1837 1 North Carolina
Goddin v. Crump 35 Va. 120 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Van Wyck v. Seward 18 Wend. 198 1837 1 New York
Hoffman v. Coster 2 Whart. 453 1837 1 Pennsylvania
Hansford v. Elliott 36 Va. 39 1837 0 SC of Appeals VA
Turpin v. Povall 35 Va. 93 1837 1 Virginia
Baylor v. M'Gregor 5 Port. 103 1837 1 Alabama
Saltmarsh v. Beene 4 Port. 283 1837 1 Alabama
State v. M'Donald 4 Port. 449 1837 0 Alabama
Bethell v. Moore 19 N.C. 311 1837 0 North Carolina
State v. Brown 4 Port. 410 1837 0 Alabama
Richardson v. Richardson 4 Port. 467 1837 0 Alabama
Portis v. Creagh 4 Port. 332 1837 0 Alabama
Cable v. Martin 2 Miss. 558 1837 0 Mississippi
Martin v. Harbin 19 N.C. 504 1837 0 North Carolina